My Oven From Hell

Sometimes it is hard to tell if something is old and charming or just a piece of crap.  This is definetly the latter and I've been cooking on the last 7 weeks.  It's a hurkin' 42" wide so this beast is getting its own post.  I'm curious about how old it is.  All I can tell is that it is by GE because the label is so old I can't read the model or serial numbers.

I recently discovered why the top gets so extremely hot when the oven is on.  There is hole in the top inside part of it.  I've been using it as a plate warmer, but I think maybe I need to stop using it all together.

The fire extinguisher is not staged.

That wire across the top holds the top heating element in place.  The light bulb has a hole in it and the globe that is supposed to cover it is missing.

UPDATE: I am now enjoying my new gas range.  Using the microwave is still a little inconvenient, but it was when it was on top of the old range too.  Looking forward to the kitchen remodel in a couple of years.

Weekend Projects

This was a busy weekend but I got a lot done.  All of the boxes in the middle of the living room have been unpacked and furniture has been rearranged.

Small but cozy.  Some day I will get those little windows uncovered.

My home office.

I love glass with bubbles in it.

I will be putting book shelves on that blank wall and some pictures between them.

My handyman, Richard, installed my motion detector flood light.  That and my DropCam will do until I get a fence.

Left: current kitchen cabinet knobs.  Right: the ones I'm going to replace with.  They go with the door knobs that are original to the house.

Original door knobs.  Not all of them are still here but I will try to find replacements that match.

On top of being ugly, it leaked.

I had to use this sink for a month.  This was hard because the last house I bought was brand new.

New sink: $25 from Habitat.  New faucet: $25 from Lowes.  Installation $50 from Richard.  Using a clean not leaking sink: PRICELESS!

Our first real rain since I got here.  It looked like I didn't even have gutters.

Jake removed a small weed farm from my gutters.

Unfortunately Jake found a new problem.  All of my roof returns are made of wooden shingles and they're all rotten.  Luckily they are decorative.  I will have Richard patch them up for the winter and they will get fixed properly when a new roof is put on.

Another surprise.  I will have Richard put this back on the edge of the roof.

I decided not to try to maintain miniature versions of the bushes that made up the jungle.  The whole thing is gone now and I put shades in the basement windows.